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A Russian Orthodox priest who criticised Islam assassinated

Wanda — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:03:40 +0000

Telegraph: A Russian Orthodox priest known for his outspoken criticism of Islam and his attempts to convert Muslims to Christianity was assassinated in his Moscow church by a masked gunman.

The gunman approached Father Daniil Sysoyev, 34, in his small wooden church in Moscow on Thursday night, checked his name and then shot the priest in the head and chest, police said.

The priest died on the way to hospital, Interfax news agency quoted investigators as saying. A choirmaster was injured in the attack, and is in hospital under armed guard.

Father Daniil, who claimed to have christened 80 Muslims, had repeatedly received death threats.

“I have received 10 threats via e-mail that I shall have my head cut off (if I do not stop preaching to Muslims)“, Father Daniil stated on a television programme in February 2008, according to Interfax. “As I see it, it is a sin not to preach to Muslims“.

The killing could increase tensions between the powerful majority Russian Orthodox Church, which has close ties to the Kremlin, and the country’s growing Muslim minority of about 20 million.

“The main theory is that religious motives are behind the crime,” a spokesman for the prosecutor-general’s office said.

Father Daniil had written books including “An Orthodox Response to Islam” and “Marrying a Muslim”, in which he advised Russian women against taking a Muslim partner.
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Christmas celebrations could be cancelled to avoid “offending” people

Wanda — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:04:47 +0000

Telegraph: Christmas celebrations could be cancelled to avoid offending people of other faiths due to the ‘complex’ Equality Bill, Catholic bishops have warned.

Legislation championed by Harriet Harman, the equalities minister and deputy Labour leader, risks having a “chilling effect” on religious expression, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

In evidence presented to the parliamentary committee scrutinising the bill, the conference said that local authorities may clamp down on Christmas decorations in a misguided attempt to comply with the “complex” regulations.

The bill obliges all public bodies to promote equality and fight discrimination, raising the prospect of campaign groups bringing legal action against councils for policies perceived as “offensive” to minorities.

Doctors know what kills Ukrainians

Wanda — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:27:10 +0000

Mig News: All victims of the virus in Bukovyna (22 people at the age of 20-40) died not from bilateral pneumonia, as was previously thought, but as a result of viral distress syndrome, i.e the total destruction of the lungs.

At first the cardio-pulmonary insufficiency comes, and consequently cardiogenic shock is developed, which causes cardiac standstill and death, told the chief of bureau of the Chernivtsi regional forensic examination, doctor of science, Professor Viktor Bachynsky, UNIAN reports.

“During a bilateral pneumonia some morphological picture is observed. As of data of deaths, there is no such morphological picture. The virus, which causes death, is very aggressive, it does not strike the trachea, but immediately gets into the lungs and causes heavy swelling and solid hemorrhage. Mixed types of parainfluenza and influenza A/N1N1 lead to this state. This is a very toxic strain, which has not yet answered to the treatment of the Ministry of Health”, – said Viktor Bachinsky.

According to him, there is a need to change the treatment standards, because those which were used earlier, resulted in nothing – doctors failed to save all people infected with the virus in the reanimation. The belt ventilators did not help also.

For this reason a group of professors of Chernivtsi Medical University appealed to the Ministry of Health and National Security and Defense Council with a demand to review the standards of treatment of patients in Bukovyna. Scientists-morphologists sent to Kyiv reports, studies and analysis of critically ill patients and people who died of virus.

Viktor Bachinsky noted that the virus is extremely toxic, it is able to penetrate not only through respiratory apparatus but also through the eyes. Chernovtsy scientists recommend in any case use masks and even wear protective spectacles. An important condition to prevent deterioration of the situation is also the observance of quarantine regime.

The future of Europe is your choice!

Wanda — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:25:19 +0000

Telegraph: Several hundred blonde women marched through the Latvian capital Riga yesterday in a bid to cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession of all 27 EU member states.

Led by an orchestra, the first-ever blonde parade featured women dressed in pink and white, some accompanied by lapdogs, in a charity fund-raising event that organisers hope will become an annual event.

“I’m not stupid. I’m beautiful and I’ll prove it,” Ilona Zigure, a participant, said.

Organisers said they were determined to bring positive energy to their country, expected to see its economy contract by 16 per cent this year.

The parade was part of a “Blonde Weekend“.
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Women to fight close-combat roles, while Europeans are dying out without enough babies

Wanda — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:36:26 +0000

Times: The ban on women serving in frontline infantry roles alongside male soldiers is to be reviewed, the Ministry of Defence announced yesterday.

The last time that this issue was examined in any official capacity was in 2002 when the Service chiefs and ministers decided to maintain the policy of using only male personnel in close-combat roles. Women have always been barred from serving in infantry battalions
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Total fertility rate by country – The CIA World Factbook
(children born/woman)

Date of Information
1
Niger 7.75 2009 est.
2
Mali 7.29 2009 est.
3
Uganda 6.77 2009 est.
4
Afghanistan 6.53 2009 est.
5
Somalia 6.52 2009 est.
6
Burundi 6.33 2009 est.
7
Yemen 6.32 2009 est.
8
Burkina Faso 6.28 2009 est.
9
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.20 2009 est.
10
Angola 6.12 2009 est.
11
Ethiopia 6.12 2009 est.
12
Sierra Leone 5.88 2009 est.
13
Congo, Republic of the 5.84 2009 est.
14
Liberia 5.79 2009 est.
15
Western Sahara 5.61 2009 est.
16
Malawi 5.59 2009 est.
17
Oman 5.53 2009 est.
18
Mayotte 5.50 2009 est.
19
Benin 5.49 2009 est.
20
Sao Tome and Principe 5.33 2009 est.
21
Chad 5.31 2009 est.
22
Rwanda 5.25 2009 est.
23
Guinea 5.20 2009 est.
24
Mozambique 5.18 2009 est.
25
Zambia 5.15 2009 est.
26
Madagascar 5.14 2009 est.
27
Equatorial Guinea 5.08 2009 est.
28
Djibouti 5.06 2009 est.
29
Gambia, The 5.04 2009 est.
30
Gaza Strip 5.03 2009 est.
31
Senegal 4.95 2009 est.
32
Nigeria 4.91 2009 est.
33
Comoros 4.84 2009 est.
34
Togo 4.79 2009 est.
35
Eritrea 4.72 2009 est.
36
Gabon 4.65 2009 est.
37
Guinea-Bissau 4.65 2009 est.
38
Kenya 4.56 2009 est.
39
Sudan 4.48 2009 est.
40
Tanzania 4.46 2009 est.
41
Mauritania 4.45 2009 est.
42
Laos 4.41 2009 est.
43
Cameroon 4.33 2009 est.
44
Samoa 4.16 2009 est.
45
Central African Republic 4.14 2009 est.
46
Cote d’Ivoire 4.12 2009 est.
47
Kiribati 4.04 2009 est.
48
Iraq 3.86 2009 est.
49
Saudi Arabia 3.83 2009 est.
50
Haiti 3.81 2009 est.
51
Paraguay 3.75 2009 est.
52
Zimbabwe 3.69 2009 est.
53
Ghana 3.68 2009 est.
54
Papua New Guinea 3.62 2009 est.
55
Pakistan 3.60 2009 est.
56
Marshall Islands 3.59 2009 est.
57
Solomon Islands 3.52 2009 est.
58
Guatemala 3.47 2009 est.
59
Belize 3.36 2009 est.
60
American Samoa 3.29 2009 est.
61
Timor-Leste 3.28 2009 est.
62
Honduras 3.27 2009 est.
63
Philippines 3.27 2009 est.
64
Swaziland 3.24 2009 est.
65
West Bank 3.22 2009 est.
66
Bolivia 3.17 2009 est.
67
Syria 3.12 2009 est.
68
Libya 3.08 2009 est.
69
Cape Verde 3.07 2009 est.
70
Lesotho 3.06 2009 est.
71
Cambodia 3.04 2009 est.
72
El Salvador 3.00 2009 est.
73
Tajikistan 2.99 2009 est.
74
Malaysia 2.95 2009 est.
75
Turks and Caicos Islands 2.95 2009 est.
76
Tuvalu 2.91 2009 est.
77
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.89 2009 est.
78
Nauru 2.85 2009 est.
79
Dominican Republic 2.76 2009 est.
80
Kuwait 2.76 2009 est.
81
Israel 2.75 2009 est.
82
Bangladesh 2.74 2009 est.
83
India 2.72 2009 est.
84
Namibia 2.69 2009 est.
85
Egypt 2.66 2009 est.
86
Fiji 2.65 2009 est.
87
Kyrgyzstan 2.65 2009 est.
88
Nepal 2.64 2009 est.
89
Botswana 2.60 2009 est.
90
World 2.58 2009 est.
91
Nicaragua 2.57 2009 est.
92
Guam 2.54 2009 est.
93
Panama 2.53 2009 est.
94
Ecuador 2.51 2009 est.
95
Morocco 2.51 2009 est.
96
Bahrain 2.50 2009 est.
97
Vanuatu 2.50 2009 est.
98
Cook Islands 2.49 2009 est.
99
Venezuela 2.48 2009 est.
100
Colombia 2.46 2009 est.
101
Qatar 2.45 2009 est.
102
Faroe Islands 2.44 2009 est.
103
United Arab Emirates 2.42 2009 est.
104
Jordan 2.39 2009 est.
105
Bhutan 2.38 2009 est.
106
South Africa 2.38 2009 est.
107
Peru 2.37 2009 est.
108
Argentina 2.35 2009 est.
109
Mexico 2.34 2009 est.
110
Indonesia 2.31 2009 est.
111
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.26 2009 est.
112
Jamaica 2.25 2009 est.
113
Tonga 2.25 2009 est.
114
Grenada 2.23 2009 est.
115
Mongolia 2.23 2009 est.
116
Turkmenistan 2.22 2009 est.
117
Brazil 2.21 2009 est.
118
Turkey 2.21 2009 est.
119
Greenland 2.19 2009 est.
120
New Caledonia 2.18 2009 est.
121
Costa Rica 2.14 2009 est.
122
Bahamas, The 2.10 2009 est.
123
New Zealand 2.10 2009 est.
124
Dominica 2.09 2009 est.
125
Antigua and Barbuda 2.07 2009 est.
126
United States 2.05 2009 est.
127
Azerbaijan 2.04 2009 est.
128
Guyana 2.03 2009 est.
129
Albania 2.01 2009 est.
130
Bermuda 1.99 2009 est.
131
Suriname 1.99 2009 est.
132
Sri Lanka 1.99 2009 est.
133
France 1.98 2009 est.
134
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.98 2009 est.
135
Netherlands Antilles 1.97 2009 est.
136
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.97 2009 est.
137
Korea, North 1.96 2009 est.
138
Uzbekistan 1.95 2009 est.
139
Seychelles 1.93 2009 est.
140
Chile 1.92 2009 est.
141
French Polynesia 1.92 2009 est.
142
Uruguay 1.92 2009 est.
143
Brunei 1.91 2009 est.
144
Iceland 1.90 2009 est.
145
Maldives 1.90 2009 est.
146
Burma 1.89 2009 est.
147
Cayman Islands 1.88 2009 est.
148
Kazakhstan 1.88 2009 est.
149
Wallis and Futuna 1.87 2009 est.
150
Aruba 1.85 2009 est.
151
Ireland 1.85 2009 est.
152
Virgin Islands 1.85 2009 est.
153
Lebanon 1.85 2009 est.
154
Saint Lucia 1.84 2009 est.
155
Vietnam 1.83 2009 est.
156
Palau 1.82 2009 est.
157
Mauritius 1.81 2009 est.
158
Algeria 1.79 2009 est.
159
China 1.79 2009 est.
160
Australia 1.78 2009 est.
161
Luxembourg 1.78 2009 est.
162
Norway 1.78 2009 est.
163
Cyprus 1.77 2009 est.
164
Anguilla 1.75 2009 est.
165
Monaco 1.75 2009 est.
166
Denmark 1.74 2009 est.
167
Finland 1.73 2009 est.
168
Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 2009 est.
169
Tunisia 1.72 2009 est.
170
Iran 1.71 2009 est.
171
British Virgin Islands 1.71 2009 est.
172
Puerto Rico 1.71 2009 est.
173
Barbados 1.68 2009 est.
174
Sweden 1.67 2009 est.
175
Netherlands 1.66 2009 est.
176
United Kingdom 1.66 2009 est.
177
Belgium 1.65 2009 est.
178
Gibraltar 1.65 2009 est.
179
Thailand 1.65 2009 est.
180
Isle of Man 1.65 2009 est.
181
Cuba 1.61 2009 est.
182
Canada 1.58 2009 est.
183
Macedonia 1.58 2009 est.
184
Jersey 1.57 2009 est.
185
Saint Helena 1.56 2009 est.
186
Liechtenstein 1.52 2009 est.
187
European Union 1.51 2009 est.
188
Malta 1.51 2009 est.
189
Portugal 1.49 2009 est.
190
Switzerland 1.45 2009 est.
191
Georgia 1.44 2009 est.
192
Estonia 1.42 2009 est.
193
Croatia 1.42 2009 est.
194
Bulgaria 1.41 2009 est.
195
Russia 1.41 2009 est.
196
Germany 1.41 2009 est.
197
Guernsey 1.41 2009 est.
198
Austria 1.39 2009 est.
199
Romania 1.39 2009 est.
200
Serbia 1.38 2009 est.
201
Greece 1.37 2009 est.
202
Armenia 1.36 2009 est.
203
San Marino 1.36 2009 est.
204
Hungary 1.35 2009 est.
205
Slovakia 1.35 2009 est.
206
Andorra 1.33 2009 est.
207
Italy 1.31 2009 est.
208
Spain 1.31 2009 est.
209
Latvia 1.30 2009 est.
210
Poland 1.28 2009 est.
211
Slovenia 1.28 2009 est.
212
Moldova 1.27 2009 est.
213
Ukraine 1.26 2009 est.
214
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.25 2009 est.
215
Belarus 1.24 2009 est.
216
Czech Republic 1.24 2009 est.
217
Lithuania 1.23 2009 est.
218
Montserrat 1.23 2009 est.
219
Japan 1.21 2009 est.
220
Korea, South 1.21 2009 est.
221
Northern Mariana Islands 1.15 2009 est.
222
Taiwan 1.14 2009 est.
223
Singapore 1.09 2009 est.
224
Hong Kong 1.02 2009 est.
225
Macau 0.91 2009 est.

Vladimir Bukovsky about the European Union

Wanda — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:58 +0000

Illegal immigrants determined to get to the UK

Wanda — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:28:28 +0000

France24: In the northern French port city of Dunkirk, dozens of men and teenage boys gleefully rush out of their small tents and wooden boxes to collect some of the food and clothing brought to them by local aid workers on Wednesday.

More than 100 illegal immigrants, mainly Afghans, Iranians, Iraqi Kurds and Vietnamese, have set up illegal settlements in dunes and so-called “jungles” surrounding the port, where cargo ships leave for Dover, UK.

Many of them sold their land, mortgaged their homes and jumped aboard a lorry to travel thousands of miles away from their homes to fulfill their dreams in the United Kingdom.

Bush backs Turkey’s EU efforts

nationalistrus — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:10:51 +0000

US President George Bush has strongly backed Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union.

He expressed his support during talks at the White House with the leader of Turkey’s ruling party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Blair to back Turkey bid at EU summit

nationalistrus — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:09:14 +0000

[Is Blair acting like a lapdog again? The story above might have somehting to doi with it-ed]

BRUSSELS: Tony Blair was highlighting the importance of working with Turkey at today’s EU summit.

The European Council meeting in Brussels is poised to ratify a move to partially suspend negotiations with Ankara over its bid to join the EU.

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Lords to debate double summer time bid

nationalistrus — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:15:12 +0000

MOVES to push UK clocks forward by two hours in the summer time instead of just one are set to be debated in the House of Lords.

Lord Tanlow’s new Bill will go before peers in the House on Friday.

It is the latest attempt to bring in proposals to shift to Central European Time and provide lighter evenings and darker mornings.

Past attempts to extend the summer clock change have been strongly objected to by many Scots – especially in the north – who fear that the dark mornings will lead to more road accidents and damage the quality of life of many ordinary people.

But Lord Tanlow, a cross bencher born in Sutherland, wants a three-year experiment with the new time scale starting on October 29.

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